This quiz works best with JavaScript enabled. Home > Cbse > Class 8 > Geography > Industries > Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries – Quiz 3 🏠 Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 3 (60 MCQs) Quiz Instructions Select an option to see the correct answer instantly. 1. The process of obtaining minerals from the Earth is known as A) Manufacturing. B) Mining. C) Quarrying. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Mining. 2. The production of goods and services is called ..... A) Factory. B) Industry. C) Farming. D) Commerce. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industry. 3. The term 'textile' is derived from the Latin wordwhich means to weave. A) Texere. B) Texentes. C) Weaver. D) Conexos. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Texere. 4. Which of the following is not a public sector high-tech industry of Bangalore? A) HAL. B) NTPC. C) IN. D) BHEL. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) NTPC. 5. Which of the following can be considered as an example of the service provider economic activity from the industry sector? A) Textile industry. B) Cool mining industry. C) Banking industry. D) Iron and Steel industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Banking industry. 6. Which of the following is a private sector industry? A) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited. B) National Thermal Power Corporation. C) Tata Iron and Steel Industry. D) Steel Authority of India. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Tata Iron and Steel Industry. 7. Which of the following types of industries is not classified on the basis of raw materials? A) Mineral Based. B) Marine Based. C) Pastoral Based. D) Cooperative based. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Cooperative based. 8. Industries are classified on the basis of ..... A) Raw material, size and ownership. B) Agro based, cottage based and owners. C) Provate sector, Agro based and Mineral ores based. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Raw material, size and ownership. 9. Japan is dependent upon the imported raw materials for spinning mills. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 10. Which of the following is correctly mathched A) Paper-Pulp. B) Cloth-Pulp. C) Leather Shoes-Cotton. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Paper-Pulp. 11. Plant and Animal products fall under which Industry? A) Forest Industry. B) Agro-based industry. C) Mineral industry. D) Marine industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Agro-based industry. 12. Which type of industry would have fully automated system of product making, huge capital investment and a complex system of management? A) Big Industry. B) Cottage based. C) Small Sector. D) Large Sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large Sector. 13. Industrialization often leads to: A) Poverty. B) Population. C) Development. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Development. 14. Basket weaving falls in the category of A) Small-scale industry. B) Cottage industry. C) Large-scale industry. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Cottage industry. 15. What is the defanition of smelting? A) It is the process of cleaning the ores of the required metals. B) It is the process in which metals are extracted from their ores. C) It is the process of moulding the ores into wires, jwellery, etc. D) It is the process of removing the ores from the ground. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) It is the process in which metals are extracted from their ores. 16. The fishing industry is mainly concentrated near the coastline. A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 17. Which is an example of Footloose Industry? A) Cotton textile Industry. B) Cement Industry. C) Electronic industry. D) Iron & steel industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Electronic industry. 18. ..... is often called the backbone of modern industry. A) Nickel. B) Steel. C) Limestone. D) Copper. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Steel. 19. To which category of industry (based on raw materials) does Iron made from iron belongs? A) Forest-based. B) Agro-based. C) Mineral-based. D) Marine based. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Mineral-based. 20. Tata Iron & Steel Industry is a type of Large Scale Industry.TRUE/FALSE A) True. B) False. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) True. 21. Artisans fall under which Industry? A) Small Industry. B) Large Industry. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Small Industry. 22. Industries that are having huge infrastructure, raw material, high manpower requirements and large capital requirements. A) Small scale Industries. B) Large scale Industries. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Large scale Industries. 23. The earlier name of Jamshedpur was: A) Kharkai. B) Subnarekha. C) Sakchi. D) Sakshi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Sakchi. 24. Which one among the following best describes an economic activity that is concerned with the production of goods extraction of minerals, or the provision of services? A) Agriculture. B) Industry. C) Manufacturing. D) Raw material. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Industry. 25. Market is one of the ..... factors for setting up of industries. A) Locational. B) Sizeable. C) Systematic. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locational. 26. ..... industries are owned and operated by the government A) Private sector. B) Co-operative sector. C) Joint sector. D) Public sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Public sector. 27. Emerging industries are also known as ..... A) Dark industries. B) Powerful industries. C) Hard industries. D) Sunrise industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Sunrise industries. 28. What kind of activity is Manufacturing Of Steel? A) Primary Activity. B) Secondary Activity. C) Tertiary Activity. D) None Of The Above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Secondary Activity. 29. ..... are the end product and the income earned from it A) The Processes. B) The Inputs. C) The Outputs. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) The Outputs. 30. Which one of is not an example of Public Sector A) Indian Oil Corporation. B) Bhilai Iron & Steel Plant. C) Hindustan Aeronautical limited. D) Airtel. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Airtel. 31. Ahmedabad is located on the banks of the ..... river. A) But. B) Sabarmat. C) Krishna. D) Narmada. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Sabarmat. 32. Which of the following is an example of a service provider in the industry sector? A) Textile industry. B) Banking industry. C) Iron and Steel industry. D) Coal mining industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Banking industry. 33. This particular classification of the industry requires i. large amounts of capital ii. huge machines and modern and superior technology to manufacture goods iii. employing a huge number of employees E.g.:iron and steel industry, the production is on a mass scale and is voluminous. Mention this type of industry to which this classification belongs to A) Medium Scale industries. B) Cottage industries. C) Small Scale industries. D) Large Scale industries. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Large Scale industries. 34. It is the process in which metals are extracted from their ores by heating beyond the liquefying point A) Smelting. B) Freezing. C) Melting. D) Moulding. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Smelting. 35. Which of the following term would you associate with cotton industry? A) Textile. B) Flying Shuttle. C) Hardware. D) Software. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Textile. 36. Change of raw material into products of more value to people is called? A) Resources. B) Population. C) None of these. D) Manufacturing. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) Manufacturing. 37. Which of the following can be considered as an example of the economic activity related to the production of goods from the industry sector? A) Tourism industry. B) Banking industry. C) Iron and Steel industry. D) Coal mining industry. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Iron and Steel industry. 38. WHICH IS THE MOST FAMOUS IRON AND STEEL PRODUCING CITIES OF INDIA? A) Bokaro. B) Disaster. C) JAMSHEDPUR. D) UKRAINE. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) JAMSHEDPUR. 39. On which date Bhopal Gas Disaster took place? A) 1 December 1984. B) 3 December 1984. C) 2 December 1984. D) 4 December 1984. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 3 December 1984. 40. ..... industries are owned and operated by the state and individuals or a group of individuals A) Co-operative sector. B) Private sector. C) Joint sector. D) Public sector. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Joint sector. 41. Market is one of the which factor for setting up industries? A) Locational. B) Sizeable. C) Non of these. D) Natural. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Locational. 42. ..... refers to an economic activity that is concerned with production of goods, extraction of minerals or the provision of services. A) Industry. B) Markets. C) Plantation. D) Agriculture. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Industry. 43. Which of the following place is known for Iron and Steel Industry in India A) Delhi. B) Gypsy. C) Jamshedpur. D) California. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Jamshedpur. 44. In which year was TISCO set up and in which year did TISCO start pig iron production? A) 1909;1910. B) 1907;1911. C) 1916;1919. D) 1908;1912. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 1907;1911. 45. ..... is also famous as 'Manchester of India.' A) Surat. B) Delhi. C) Ahmedabad. D) Hi. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ahmedabad. 46. One of the worst industrial disasters of all time occurred in ..... on 3 December, 1984. A) Bhopal. B) Kolkata. C) Nashik. D) Indore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Bhopal. 47. At what position is TISCO in producing iron and steel in the world? A) 5th. B) Fth. C) An offer. D) Pear. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) 5th. 48. Which of the following is an example of a large scale industry? A) Furniture. B) Petrochemicals. C) Paper mill. D) Electrical goods. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Petrochemicals. 49. What are the important factors for localisation of industries? A) Raw material. B) Labour. C) Capital. D) All of them. Show Answer Correct Answer: D) All of them. 50. What are the different locational factors for industries? A) Raw materials. B) Labour. C) Land. D) Capital. E) All of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: E) All of the above. 51. Industrilization system are classified into? A) Raw materials, Size, ownership. B) Inputs, Processing, outputs. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Inputs, Processing, outputs. 52. Jamshedpur lies on the banks of ..... river. A) Subnarekha. B) Assignment. C) Brahmaputra. D) Ganga. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Subnarekha. 53. TISCO was started in 1907 at Sakchi at A) Near the confluence of the rivers Alaknanda and Mandikini. B) Neyer Tea Confluns of Te Reverse Subarnare Line & Kharkai. C) Near the confluence of the rivers Ganges and Yamuna. D) Near the confluence of the rivers Godavari and Indravati. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Neyer Tea Confluns of Te Reverse Subarnare Line & Kharkai. 54. According to our Reference TextBook what was the Annual Steel Production in India in 2015 (in million tons) A) 90.5. B) 89.6. C) 87.3. D) 88.9. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) 89.6. 55. Which place is called as the Manchester of India? A) Bhopal. B) Madras. C) Ahmedabad. D) Osaka. Show Answer Correct Answer: C) Ahmedabad. 56. According to Reference TextBook which place in Karnataka has a major cotton textile industry A) Davangere. B) Belgaum. C) Bangalore. D) Mysore. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Davangere. 57. The natural beauty of the India has helped in developing the ..... industry? A) Aviation. B) Tourism. C) Automobile. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Tourism. 58. Which of the following are factors affecting location of industries? A) Raw material. B) All of these. C) Labour. D) Power. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) All of these. 59. This is called as "Manchester of India" A) Mumbai. B) Ahmedabad. C) All the above. D) None of the above. Show Answer Correct Answer: B) Ahmedabad. 60. Change of raw materials into products of more value to people is called A) Manufacturing. B) Resources. C) Population. D) None of these. Show Answer Correct Answer: A) Manufacturing. ← PreviousNext →Related QuizzesGeography QuizzesClass 8 QuizzesClass 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 1Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 2Class 8 Geography Chapter 5 Industries Quiz 4 🏠 Back to Homepage 📘 Download PDF Books 📕 Premium PDF Books